This Visual Studio Code for Java tutorial shows you how to install the Java extensions pack for VS Code, create a Java project and run a simple program.

VS Code combines impressive Java support with first-class support for JavaScript and other stacks, making a compelling alternative to traditional IDEs. Let’s try it with Spring and Svelte.

That has changed somewhat. Among other innovations, Visual Studio Code now has good support for editing, running, and debugging Java code through a set of Java-specific extensions.

It will soon be possible to write and edit Java code entirely from within the Visual Studio IDE, thanks to an upgrade of JNBridge's namesake general purpose Java/.NET interoperability tool.

Up to this point, developers who favor Microsoft's dev tooling are better off -- as logically follows -- with using the open source, cross-platform little cousin to VS, Visual Studio Code. For it, ...

Easier management of project code dependencies and improvements to extensions for popular Java frameworks and runtimes highlight the February update to Java in Visual Studio Code functionality.

From the ebook: Visual Studio 2019 became generally on April 3rd, bringing with it a slew of new features aimed at making developers more productive.

The October update of Microsoft's Visual Studio Code for Java comes with updates in the code editing and debugging experience, thanks to the Java 19 preview of Virtual Threads in Project Loom.